Managing Publications in caNanoLab | caNanoLab User's Guide| Managing Data Curation
When you click the Groups menu, the Manage Community page appears. From the Manage Collaboration option, you can perform the following.
Creating a Collaboration Group
Collaboration groups allow researchers to share data among members of the group.Â
To create a new collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups.
Manage Collaboration Groups displays existing collaboration groups at the top. - Click Add next to New Collaboration Group.
The Collaboration Group Information panel opens at the bottom of the page. - Enter the Name of the group (required) and a Description of the group.
- To add a user to the group, click Add next to User.
- Enter part or all of the User Login Name, and click Search for User.
All users that match the entry are loaded in the drop-down list. - Select a user from the drop-down list.
The field populates the User Login Name. Click Save, and the user is added to the group's list.
Setting Up Read or Read-Update-Delete Access
When the collaboration group is associated with a protocol, sample, or publication, Read-only or Read-Update-Delete access is specified at that time.
To modify a user, click the Edit link next to the user's login name.
- Once you add all of the users to the group, click Submit.
The group is now listed on the Manage Collaboration Groups page.
Editing a Collaboration Group
To edit a collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups.
- From Manage Collaboration Groups, click Edit corresponding to an existing collaboration group.
The Collaboration Group Information panel opens at the bottom of the page. - Update the Name and Description of the group as needed.
- To add a user to a group, click Add next to User Login Name. To edit an existing user, click Edit next to the user name.
Enter the User Login Name, or click Search and select a user from the list.
Setting Up Read or Read-Update-Delete Access
When the collaboration group is associated with a protocol, sample, or publication, Read-only or Read-Update-Delete access is specified at that time.
- Click Save.
- When you are done updating the group, click Submit.
The Collaboration Group is updated.
Deleting a Collaboration Group
To delete a collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups.
- From the Managing Collaboration Groups page, click Edit corresponding to an existing collaboration group.
The Collaboration Group Information panel opens at the bottom of the page. - Click Remove, and confirm the removal.
The Collaboration Group is removed from the list.